AT&T and Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone. Adept for socially connected consumers and packed with the tools business customers love, the new handset is the world‘s first smartphone to combine a BlackBerry keyboard with a full touch screen experience. Whether users choose to type out messages on the capacitive touch screen or easy-to-use BlackBerry keyboard, browse the Internet using pinch to zoom or fluidly navigate with the optical trackpad, the BlackBerry Torch allows them to communicate any way they want.

Features
Optical trackpad
High-resoltution touch screen
Full QWERTY keyboard
3G network support
Simultaneous voice and data
Email and text messaging
BlackBerry Messenger
Instant Messaging
Phone
Browser
Social feeds
Camera and video recording
Wi-Fi
GPS
Media player
Organizer
Bluetooth
Tethered modem

Display
3.2” HVGA+ touch screen (480×360)
Font size (user selectable)
Light-sensing and proximity
detecting screen

Camera & Video Recording
5 MP camera
Continuous auto-focus
Image stabilization
Flash
11 scene modes
2X digital zoom
VGA (640×480) video recording
Geotagging

Battery & Battery Life
1300 mAHr removable/rechargeable lithium-ion cell
Standby Time: GSM® – up to 18 days, UMTS – up to 14 days
Talk Time: GSM – up to 5.5 hours, UMTS – up to 5.8 hours
Music Playback: up to 30 hours
Video Playback: up to 6 hours

GPS & BlackBerry Maps
Built-in GPS functionality
Includes BlackBerry Maps

Data Input & Navigation
Trackpad located on front face of device, ESC key to the right,
Menu key to the left
Touch screen with on-screen keyboard: portrait SureType®, QWERTY and multi-tap, landscape QWERTY
Slide-out QWERTY keyboard with backlighting

Voice Input & Output
3.5mm stereo headset capable
Integrated speaker and microphone
Hands-free headset capable
Bluetooth headset capable
Integrated hands-free speakerphone

Media Player
Windows Media DRM 10 for music & video
Video format support: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV3
Audio format support: MP3, AMR-NB, AAC-LC,
AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WMV, Flac, Ogg Vorbis

Ringtones & Notifications
Tone, vibrate, on-screen or LED indicator
Notification options are user configurable
32 Polyphonic Ringtones – MIDI, MP3

Bluetooth
Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR; Headset, Handsfree, Serial Port Profile, Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP), SIM Access Profile, Dial-up Networking and Messaging Access Profile.
Bluetooth Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP)

Memory
512 MB flash memory / 512 MB SDRAM
4 GB eMMC + 4 GB media card included
Expandable memory – support for microSD card
up to 32GB

Device Security
Keyboard and screen lock
Keyboard lock

Wi-Fi
802.11 b/g/n
WPA / WPA2 Personal and Enterprise
Cisco CCX certified
Wi-Fi access to BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Wi-Fi access to BlackBerry Internet Bundle
Support for UMA (carrier-dependent)

Wireless Networks
Tri-band 3G UMTS networks: 2100/1900/850/800 MHz
Quad-band GSM™/GPRS/EDGE networks:
850/900/1800/1900MHz